I have always believed in the importance of Arts education, so much so that I did my graduate degree in Fine Arts Education to round off my teaching credentials. There’s another reason that I chose Fine Arts as my focus, though! After already having taught in elementary classrooms for... Read more

Nice to meet you! I'm Jessica a.k.a North Shore Mama. This site was born out of my love for my daughters and the desire to share my motherhood journey with fellow moms. I believe we're all in this craziness called 'parenthood' together and North Shore Mama is my way of reaching out to anyone who needs a laugh, a cry or dinner inspiration. Thank you so much for reading!

Do you know what’s scary as a blogger? Trying out a new ‘look’ on your Instagram feed. As in- a new filter. . I’m thinking of going a little softer compared to what I’m used to. What do you think of this potential new look? @thefamjewels#reallifestyledca#RLSstyle

A few months ago, I started responding to the question ‘how are you?’ with the answer ‘good... life is FULL’. The typical response most of us default to is BUSY, am I right?! Hey, how are you? “BUSY, busy but good.” I heard myself repeat that a few times in one day and decided I needed a new answer. We’re ALL busy. We ALL KNOW we’re all busy- that doesn’t need to be confirmed ... I suddenly thought to myself. So now, ask me how things are going and you’ll hear me reply with ‘life is full’. In all the

Today’s mood: . In other news, it was snowing when we woke up and the day ended in bright sunshine. Oh, Vancouver- always keeping us on our toes.